seems a bit weird, like. i'd say i know more people who have records but nothing (currently, due to space issues or moving or just planning on buying one later) to play them on, than people with record players who need to borrow records.

positive thing but yeah - vinyl is a lot about the owning of a desirable item and borrowing records is always going to leave you a little unsatisfied in my opinion. perhaps best to just borrow a load of stuff from there then move house and close one's bank account. though i guess that's not in the spirit of the thing really.

Yeah. So, y'know, it's nothing radical and while (just as with lent out CDs/DVDs/VHS) there will be wear it's not going to just ruin the fuck out of them unless complete wankers borrow them all the time.

I mean (A) they're charity albums that are free for use, right? And random? I mean there's gulf of difference between some Val Doonican album that you're treating as 'cool' because it's actually utter shit, and an album you actually like, and people will treat things in kind.

And also, are people just playing them on a communal record player because they're there? It strikes me that if you go to all the effort to pay money to join this lending library then you'll have a record player and probably actually give a bit of a shit.

Or else it'll fail, but dodgy startup ideas alone aren't guaranteed failure and you don't know until you try, etc.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2013/jul/01/vinyl-lending-library-opens-londonwhich makes it sound a lot better, as it's more of a social space.
still doesnt really appeal to me. all of the stuff they say they'll be doing is done better by the internet imho. discuss music on here, or on twitter, or whatever. check out music on youtube and spotify. read up on the stories behind the music on wikipedia, and if you give a shit about the music, buy the vinyl online.

if they're trying to get people into the experience of vinyl, doesnt make a lot of sense as either you have a record player and thus some experience of vinyl, or you don't, really